WCRF UK is a cancer prevention charity that was founded in 1990. WCRF UK is an active member of the World Cancer Research Fund International network. The network comprises WCRF UK,
American Institute for Cancer Research, Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds in the Netherlands and World Cancer Research Fund Hong Kong. The first expert report,
Food, Nutrition and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global perspective was published in 1997 and examined all the available evidence on the links between cancer and diet. In November 2007, the WCRF global network published
Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective. Also known as the Second Expert Report. Following an initial sweep of half a million research studies eventually, 7,000 were deemed relevant and met the quality criteria for definitive conclusions to be drawn about cancer prevention. A panel of 21 experts then made 10 recommendations for reducing cancer risk. The launch of the Second Expert Report was a big news story in the UK. The report was described by the
New Scientist magazine as a “landmark in our understanding of diet and cancer” while
The Economist said: “It is the most rigorous study so far on the links between food, physical activity and cancer”. Project Director of the report Professor Martin Wiseman said: “Our recommendations are based on the best science available. They are recommendations, not commandments. The whole point of them is to give people the information they need to make their everyday choices informed ones.” In February 2009, the WCRF global network published Policy and Action for Cancer Prevention, a companion document to the Second Expert Report. It included 48 recommendations for changes that different groups in society can make to help prevent cancer. It also included a preventability study that estimated that a third of the most common cancers in the UK could be prevented through diet, physical activity and
weight management. In 2018, the World Cancer Research Fund International published its Third Expert Report which concluded that diet, nutrition, obesity and low physical activity are modifiable risk factors for cancer. The report was published on the behalf of WCRF UK, WCRF Netherlands and the
American Institute for Cancer Research. WCRF UK is registered with the
Charity Commission for England and Wales and around 95% of their funding comes from the UK public. ==Research==